Okla. Stat. tit. 40, § 40-72.1
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Occupations prohibited for children under sixteen
Official statutory text
A. No child under sixteen (16) years of age shall be employed
or permitted to work at any of the following occupations:
1. Manufacturing, mining, or processing occupations, including
occupations requiring performance of any duties in work rooms or
work places where goods are manufactured, mined, or otherwise
processed;
2. Occupations which involve the operation or tending of
hoisting apparatus or of any power-driven machinery other than
office machines;
3. The operation of motor vehicles or service as helpers on
such vehicles;
4. Public messenger service;
5. Occupations declared to be particularly hazardous to the
health and well-being of minors under sixteen (16) years of age by
federal laws and regulations or as declared by the Commissioner of
Labor; and
6. Occupations, except office work or sales work, in connection
with:
a. transportation of persons or property by rail,
highway, air, water, pipeline or other means,
b. warehousing and storage,
c. communications and public utilities, and
d. construction including demolition and repair.
B. This section shall not apply to:
1. Children working either on farms or for parents or any
entity in which a parent owns an equity interest;
2. Children engaged in the sale or delivery of newspapers to
consumers; or
3. Children engaged in voluntary service for a charitable
organization recognized exempt under the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended, Section 501(c), if the organization receives
written permission from a parent or legal guardian of any such
child.
or permitted to work at any of the following occupations:
1. Manufacturing, mining, or processing occupations, including
occupations requiring performance of any duties in work rooms or
work places where goods are manufactured, mined, or otherwise
processed;
2. Occupations which involve the operation or tending of
hoisting apparatus or of any power-driven machinery other than
office machines;
3. The operation of motor vehicles or service as helpers on
such vehicles;
4. Public messenger service;
5. Occupations declared to be particularly hazardous to the
health and well-being of minors under sixteen (16) years of age by
federal laws and regulations or as declared by the Commissioner of
Labor; and
6. Occupations, except office work or sales work, in connection
with:
a. transportation of persons or property by rail,
highway, air, water, pipeline or other means,
b. warehousing and storage,
c. communications and public utilities, and
d. construction including demolition and repair.
B. This section shall not apply to:
1. Children working either on farms or for parents or any
entity in which a parent owns an equity interest;
2. Children engaged in the sale or delivery of newspapers to
consumers; or
3. Children engaged in voluntary service for a charitable
organization recognized exempt under the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended, Section 501(c), if the organization receives
written permission from a parent or legal guardian of any such
child.
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